"Official" 24 Season 8 Thread.

[BigRedChief]

Spoiler alert. There is discussion about the current season taking place in this thread. You are not caught up, you were warned.

Season 8 premieres Jan 17, 2010 at 8:00 central time.

"Official" Season 7 thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Redemption thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=196937

The 2,300 reply "24" thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=133876

Official season 6 thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Season 6 prequel thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

24 to get female president thread
http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showt...ght=jack+bauer

Official website:
http://www.fox.com/24/


The daughter is defintely a part of season 8.


NSFW Cuthbert taken last year
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older but possibly NSFW
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Season 8 Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/v/399Hiwua0J4..._embedded&fs=1">

Comic Con sneak peak
http://www.youtube.com/v/V68ZYe1WOi8...embedded&fs=1"

New cast members and rumored plot spoilers for season 8

Spoiler!

Suddenly, I find myself counting the minutes until 24's new season. Perhaps this is why: Katee Sackhoff is joining the cast!

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Battlestar Galactica heroine has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU.

Translation: Chloe-Starbuck catfight alert!
This fraktastic casting coup hit a road block last week when Sackhoff abruptly took herself out of the running, prompting me to post this blind item. But late Friday, word surfaced that the BSG badass was once again in the mix.

Here's more scoop on Sackhoff's character...
She's in a relationship with fellow agent Davis Cole (played by the just-cast Freddie Prinze. Jr.), and she apparently has a skeleton in her closet she's trying desperately to keep hidden.

As I previously reported, 24's eighth season -- which premieres Jan. 17, 2010 -- will be set in the Big Apple and center on an assassination plot against a visiting foreign leader (Slumdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor). In addition to Sackhoff and Prinze, new Day 8 blood includes Forrest Gump'sMykelti Williamson, Kissing Jessica Stein's Jennifer Westfeldt (as a journalist with ties to Kapoor's diplomat), and The Starter Wife's Chris Diamantopoulos (as President Taylor's Chief of Staff).

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t's still six months away, but since 24 pretty much kicked ass in the seventh season--well, because it failed to in the sixth--suddenly the anticipation for the eighth is higher than it should be. And it's a good thing. If you have big names joining your show, and are coming off a resurgence of sorts, then you must be feeling comfortable--at least until the bombs start exploding. Here, then, are some more details about what could happen on the upcoming season of the show, collected from a handful of places and put together... because we can. Somehow. If you don't want details, go skip this now, quick!


First up, Kiefer Sutherland, who talked to Entertainment Tonight and spilled some bits about what we should expect in the new season, which premieres in January. "One of the things that's exciting about season eight for us, which is different from all the other seasons is it's directly connected to the end of season seven," he said. "Normally there's a year or two break between seasons, between story lines--and this year that is not the case."

And the fact that they're shooting in New York has given the series a boost of sorts, too. "There's a real tangible energy you can't deny that about New York City," he said. "The situations have always made Jack Bauer speak really quickly, and now he runs really quickly because in New York you've got to do that."

The latest season, he says, has the most realistic storyline they've done in the show. "It centers around peace conferences taking place at the UN between the president of Iran and the President of the United States, which I believe is possible within the next few
years," he told TV Guide Magazine. "Obviously there will be a lot of people who will want to fight that. This is about fighting off that threat to peace."

Switching back to ET, there's Freddie Prinze Jr., who takes a serious turn as new CTU agent Cole Ortiz. (Note, the name was changed from when it was first announced.) "It's trial by fire, but it's good so far," he told the show. "It's been a lot of fun. I'm scared to say it's the best job I've ever had, but right now, it feels like the best job I've ever had."

In a separate interview with TV Guide Magazine, he spills a bit about what his character is about to face--and while most of it's stuff we already know, well, here it is anyway. "There's a moment between my character, who runs field ops, and [Katee Sackhoff's] character, Dana Walsh, who runs the tech side of things," he said. "They're engaged and it's difficult having a relationship at work when the stakes are so high. They're having some problems that I really can't get into. You see that somebody's holding things back--maybe she has a secret which he has to concern himself with. He's a Marine and he bases everything on having a plan with a coordinated attack. There's an interesting dynamic on how he's going to deal with her."

Also talking to the magazine is Anil Kapoor, the first high-profile new member of this season's cast: the Slumdog Millionaire star will play Middle Eastern politician Omar Hassan. "I have one scene in a car with my bodyguard," he said. "Suddenly I'm sending messages to my country to say people [behind an assassination attempt on his character's life] have to be taken to task and arrested. I can sense that the bodyguard is uncomfortable and the way that the scene progresses is very dramatic. I speak about the peace process, my younger brother Akbar and my family. It's a catharsis for my character."

Speaking of a family, he's got his family and another girlfriend. Omar, Omar, Omar.

Finally, Mary Lynn Rajskub hints at some problems ego-wise at the resurrected CTU. "Chloe is not up to speed in the new CTU, which is very different for her," she said. "[Katee] plays my new boss, and she kind of pats me on the shoulder and says, 'Don't worry--you'll catch up,' which is the worst moment for Chloe ever. Everything's changed at CTU and my bosses are looking at me like I'm not doing it right. But then something happens in the story where I think I know some information which pits me at odds with my bosses."

Must be something with the new CTU offices, which is "like a spaceship," Rajskub said. "It's sleek with a lot of glass, and underground with a tunnel you drive through to get into it. I feel kind of like Batgirl."

Batgirl on 24? Interesting thought.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Guru

The current rumor is that the show is getting canceled and they ARE doing a movie. Don't remember where I read that but it is flying high right now.

NBC picking it up seems like a stretch though. They would really ruin it.

Frankly I don't see how it could get any worse than it is now.

[007]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Do you think its time? I assume jacks last hurrah and a solid farewell would be the movie.

Personally, I would like to see them end it with the last hurrah being Jack's blazing death.

Originally Posted by frazod

Frankly I don't see how it could get any worse than it is now.

NBC could do it.

[KCFalcon59]

Each week gets a little shittier. I will probably finish watching this train wreck of a season, but I don't know why.

[siberian khatru]

I thought last night's ep actually was pretty good, although I still want to strangle that Starbuck subplot with my bare hands, watching its eyes bulge and lips turn blue as I squeeze the life out of it.

Why didn't she just tell Jimmy James/Milton to FO at the very start? He's interrupting a crisis situation at a high-security government agency. She had every right to tell him to take a hike. And if he played the "I'll ask your supervisor" card, she could've laughed in his face: "I'm sorry, I must not have made myself clear. THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS!!!!!!!!"

But then, this is the new CTU, which is set up like a South Beach shopping area with lots of glass where the high-security-clearance employees inside can see and be seen from the parking lot and people can just DRIVE UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND DETONATE EMPS.

Still, that was kind of exciting. Complete bullshit, but exciting, which has been hard to find this season.

[Mr. Arrowhead]

i was hoping that Parole Officer was gonna get blown up

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

I thought last night's ep actually was pretty good, although I still want to strangle that Starbuck subplot with my bare hands, watching its eyes bulge and lips turn blue as I squeeze the life out of it.

Why didn't she just tell Jimmy James/Milton to FO at the very start? He's interrupting a crisis situation at a high-security government agency. She had every right to tell him to take a hike. And if he played the "I'll ask your supervisor" card, she could've laughed in his face: "I'm sorry, I must not have made myself clear. THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS!!!!!!!!"

But then, this is the new CTU, which is set up like a South Beach shopping area with lots of glass where the high-security-clearance employees inside can see and be seen from the parking lot and people can just DRIVE UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND DETONATE EMPS.

Still, that was kind of exciting. Complete bullshit, but exciting, which has been hard to find this season.

so damn true.

[greg63]

Originally Posted by Guru

Personally, I would like to see them end it with the last hurrah being Jack's blazing death.

NBC could do it.

I thought killing Jack Bauer didn't make him dead; it only makes him angry.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by greg63

I thought killing Jack Bauer didn't make him dead; it only makes him angry.

Jack Bauer literally died for his country -- and lived to tell about it.

[Mr. Plow]

I've actually enjoyed the last 2 episodes outside of the stupid chick shit going on.

[siberian khatru]

As if that subplot couldn't get any more ridiculously stupid ...

[Reaper16]

Did that shit with Dana Walsh really just happen?

[KCFalcon59]

[Hootie]

what were they thinking?

The writers couldn't have REALLY thought that was a good idea, could they have?

OMG

That was the WORST episode of 24 I've ever seen...talk about running out of ideas...how did a room full of writers think that would get a good reception?

What?

JFC

[Hootie]

that made me almost as mad as that Nina Myers bullshit in season 1...great we get a shittier version of a recycled plot that...once again...makes no sense and there was absolutely no foreshadowing and it's just some complete, off-the-wall nonsense...

She's some IMPORTANT cover inside of CTU yet the terrorists she's working for couldn't have taken care of that boyfriend LONG ago without her having to take action? Are you kidding?

"Hey terrorist...creepy boyfriend just showed up...take care of him so I can maintain my cover! Thanks."

MAKES
NO
SENSE

STUPID...

I'm so angry...never been angry at this show before.

[007]

God I would just love to see them attempt to get through just one season without a mole.

And to make HER the mole. Holy crap these writers have gone off the deep end.